NASSAU, Bahamas (May 10, 2023) – The U.S. Men’s Beach Soccer National Team has advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2023 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship after completing a sweep of Group C with a 5-1 win vs. Panama on Wednesday afternoon at Malcolm Park National Beach Soccer Arena. The USA finish atop the group with 9 points, having also routed Dominican Republic 11-1 on Monday and defeating Trinidad and Tobago 6-2 on Tuesday.
The red, white and blue will next play Costa Rica (second in Group B) in the quarterfinals on Friday, May 12 at 3:00pm ET (Fox Soccer Plus, ViX). The winner of that match will advance to Saturday’s semifinals where they will face the winner of the El Salvador-Guatemala match. The two semifinal winners will qualify for November’s 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and play for the regional title Sunday evening.
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Group C Standings |
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Team |
GP |
W |
W+ |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts. |
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USA |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
4 |
+ 18 |
9 |
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Panama |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
7 |
+ 4 |
6 |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
- 4 |
3 |
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Dominican Republic |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
22 |
- 18 |
0 |
MAY 8:
USA 11-1 DOM
PAN 2-1 TRI
MAY 9:
USA 6-2 TRI
PAN 8-1 DOM
MAY 10:
USA 5-1 PAN
TRI 3-2 DOM
Seven players scored for the USA in Monday’s opening-day 11-1 rout of the Dominican Republic, led by hat tricks from Nick Perera and Alvaro Franco. Franco, Cody Valcarcel, Austin Collier and Ricardo Carvalho made their World Cup Qualifying tournament debuts - with Carvalho earning his first cap while also scoring his first goal. Chris Toth started in goal but gave way to Collier for the second and third periods.
Perera, Perea, Silveira and Carvalho also scored Tuesday’s win over Trinidad and Tobago, as did Chris Albiston. Toth and Collier split time in net, with each conceding one goal as the USA defeated the Soca Warriors for a second time this year.
The USA closed out Group C play with a convincing win against Panama. Earning his 89th cap, Perera added two more goals to bring his career tally to 110 - including a USA-best 47 goals in World Cup Qualifying. Toth added his 16th career goal (9th in WCQ) in his 92nd international game. Canale moved into the second spot all-time in WCQ goals with his 22nd, while Silveira scored his 37th career goal. He has scored in eight of nine games this year.
The Beach MNT is seeking to qualify for a third straight FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, and for the seventh time in 12 editions of the world championship tournament.
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MAY 8: USA 11-1 DOMINICA REPUBLIC
Scoring Summary: 1 2 3 F
USA 2 4 5 11
DOM 0 0 1 1
USA - Nick Perera (Perea) 8:08 (1st Period)
USA - Ricardo Carvalho (Toth) 4:35 (1st)
USA - Gabriel Silveira 10:21 (2nd)
USA - Nick Perera 5:41 (2nd)
USA - Alessandro Canale (Franco) 2:06 (2nd)
USA - Alvaro Franco (Canale) :00.8 (2nd)
USA - Nick Perera (Silveira) 10:59 (3rd)
USA - Antonio Chavez (Valcarcel) 6:37 (3rd)
DOM - Yan Lluberes 5:07 (3rd) - Collier
USA - Alvaro Franco (Carvalho) 3:38 (3rd)
USA - Nico Perea (Carvalho) 2:21 (3rd)
USA - Alvaro Franco (Perea) 2:01 (3rd)
Lineups:
USA: 1-Chris Toth, 5-Nicolas Perea, 7-Nick Perera (Captain), 9-Alessandro Canale, 10-Gabriel Silveira
Substitutes: 12-Austin Collier, 2-Alvaro Franco, 3-Antonio Chavez, 4-Ricardo Carvalho, 6-Cody Valrcarcel, 9-Alessandro Canale,11-Chris Albiston
Did not Play: None
Head coach: Francis Farberoff
DOM: 1-Miguel Rojas, 4-Yorinson Noesi, 6-Alfredo Baez, 8-Inoel Navarro (captain), 10-Wander Medina
Substitutes: 12-Raybel Tejeda, 2-Jose Shanlatte, 3-Yensy Severino, 5-Cesar Ramirez, 7-Miguel Moreta, 9-Miguel Rivera, 11-Yan Lluberes
Head coach: Homer Velasquez
Misconduct Summary:
DOM - Alfredo Baez (ejection) 5:07 (1st Period)
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MAY 9: USA 6-2 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Scoring Summary: 1 2 3 F
USA 2 3 1 6
TRI 0 0 2 2
USA - Nicolas Perea (Perera) 8:05 (1st Period)
USA - Nick Perera (Rezende) 1:17 (1st)
USA - Ricardo Carvalho (Canale) 11:13 (2nd)
USA - Gabriel Silveira 5:29 (2nd)
USA - Chris Albiston (Chavez) 1:15 (2nd)
TRI - Akinola Gregory 11:15 (3rd) - Toth
TRI - Kareem Perry 1:10 (3rd) - Collier
USA - Nicolas Perea (Silveira) :32 (3rd)
Lineups:
USA: 1-Chris Toth, 5-Nicolas Perea, 7-Nick Perera (Captain), 9-Alessandro Canale, 10-Gabriel Silveira
Substitutes: 12-Austin Collier, 2-Alvaro Franco, 3-Antonio Chavez, 4-Ricardo Carvalho, 6-Cody Valrcarcel, 9-Alessandro Canale,11-Chris Albiston
Did not Play: None
Head coach: Francis Farberoff
TRI: 12-Jabari Gray, 2-Akinola Gregory, 5-Omri Baird, 6-Kevon Williams, 7-Jordan Riley
Substitutes: 1-Zane Coker, 3-Anderson Peters, 4-Shallun Bobb, 8-Jesse Bailey (Captain), 9-Hakeem King, 10-Shane Hospedales, 11-Kareem Perry
Head coach: Chad Appoo
Misconduct Summary:
TRI - Kevon Williams (caution) 4:25 (3rd Period)
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MAY 10: USA 5-1 PANAMA
Scoring Summary: 1 2 3 F
USA 2 1 2 5
PAN 0 1 0 1
USA - Nick Perera 8:35 (1st Period)
USA - Nick Perera (Perea) 3:05 (1st)
PAN - Jaime Londoño 3:09 (2nd) - Collier
USA - Alessandro Canale (Collier) 2:04 (2nd)
USA - Chris Toth (Silveira) 2:21 (3rd)
USA - Gabe Silveira :57 (3rd)
Lineups:
USA: 1-Chris Toth, 5-Nicolas Perea, 7-Nick Perera (Captain), 9-Alessandro Canale, 10-Gabriel Silveira
Substitutes: 12-Austin Collier, 2-Alvaro Franco, 3-Antonio Chavez, 4-Ricardo Carvalho, 6-Cody Valrcarcel, 9-Alessandro Canale,11-Chris Albiston
Did not Play: None
Head coach: Francis Farberoff
PAN: 12-Jaime Londoño, 3-Alberto Kelly (Captain), 4-Jose Escobar, 7-Eliecer Garcia, 9-Rafael Garcia
Substitutes: 1-Jason Navarro, 2-Manuel Aguilar, 5-Nagdiel Del Rosario, 6-Luis Quintero, 8-Edgar Carvajal, 10-Alfonso Maquensi, 11-Julio Watson
Head coach: Jorge Gonzalez
Misconduct Summary:
USA - Ricardo Carvalho (caution) 3:02 (3rd Period)